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"This unholy crew," charged Truman, are trying to make corruption the big campaign issue. "I know of nobody," said he, "who has found a way to prevent some people from being . . . dishonest. If anybody has a formula, I'm sure the American Bankers Association would pay a lot to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Look Out, Neighbor | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

"Hard work, imagination, initiative eventually pay off," he continned. "Science as one facet of such human activities can be intruded into the ancient technical arts, however complete, and given time and patience, improvements will result. But hardly ever the exact improvement that were expected. The hits in pure and applied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Asks for Private Ownership of Industry | 9/19/1952 | See Source »

Scarlet Angel (Universal-International) is the name of a gaudy post-Civil War saloon in New Orleans, "where the whisky is watered and the gambling is as crooked as the gals." Here, sultry Roxy (Yvonne de Carlo) plies her trade as hostess, separating the customers from their cash, calling everybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 7, 1952 | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

For five years, Louis worked on his code, translating every letter into the simplest possible cluster of dots. He also invented a special stylus and slate with which the blind could write, started working on a system of musical and mathematical notation. Meanwhile, tapping his way about "in the dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Precious Pods | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

Specialized Need. In Ft. Wayne, Ind., the Better Business Bureau received a call from a woman who wanted to know the name of a shyster lawyer, because "I figure it will take a crooked one to win this case."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 26, 1952 | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

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